Peel Post #7 - Not Our Ship! - Pt.1

Posted on Mon Oct 30th, 2023 @ 6:56pm by Captain Jamie O'Connell & Lieutenant Commander Angel Devroe & Lieutenant Maria SanChez & Lieutenant JG Johan Albo & Lieutenant JG Sarissa Aloran

Mission: TRUTH BE TOLD
Location: USS Peel
Timeline: Current

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{Deck1}

Captain O'Connell sat in the Center Seat on the Bridge sipping a mug of coffee while looking over some reports on his PADD from yesterday when he heard the Lift doors swoosh open.

Commander Devroe walked onto the Bridge seeing the Captain already starting his day as she sat to his right in her usual seat "Good morning Captain" Angel commented with a smile "I see your right at it bright and early this morning."

Jamie looked up returning her smile "Yes, I wanted to get these reports done and out of the way before we reach the Base" he replied "And good morning to you as well."

"I don't blame you, reports seem to be never ending" Angel replied with a grin then called out "Good morning Crew" in a loud voice as she heard "Good morning Commander" coming from the rest of the Crew. Angel always liked to greet the Bridge Crew in the morning; she felt it broke down any barriers between them and herself since she was the stop gap between the Crew and the Captain. Looking back towards Jamie "Where's the Counselor this morning?"

"Lieutenant Aloran is seeing a Patient this morning; so should be here before long" Jamie replied before going back to the reports.

"I must say she is handling the whole Counsellor/Doctor job quite well, I have been very impressed with her performance" Angel stated.

"Yes so have I, matter of fact I conveyed that to her not too long ago" Jamie replied setting his PADD on his lap.

"Captain we are about three hours out from M-69 Sir" Helm called out. "Good, steady as she goes Helm" Jamie replied being quite happy to be ending this Mission.

Hearing Helm, Angel tapped her Comm "Lieutenant T'Den we are three hours from the Star Base; I thought you'd like to know" she commented.

"Yes thank you Commander, that was very thoughtful of you. I'll be ready to depart when we arrive" T'Den replied.

Jamie heard the Lift doors open once again as the Counsellor arrived on the Bridge and sat in her seat next to the Captain; he looked over towards her "Good morning Lieutenant, I trust your appointment went well."

Sarissa offered Johan a warm smile as she crossed the bridge, before smiling warmly as she took a seat. “It did, thank you Sir.”

Sarissa had no more than answered Jamie when Science called out "Sir we have a large Vessel directly in our path straight ahead" Lieutenant Albo stated "It's an old style Freighter moving at warp one."

"Helm adjust course and give that Ship a wide berth" came the order. "Aye Sir, adjusting course now." was the reply. Johan kept a close watch on the Freighter not liking what he was seeing "Captain they have matched our course exactly" Johan informed Command.

"Helm drop us out of warp, all stop. Let's see what's their next move is going to be" Jamie ordered as Helm complied. Then Comms stated "Captain we're being hailed." "On screen" as Jamie walked up to his usual spot behind Helm and waited.

A nasty looking fellow appeared on the Main Viewer, well up in years and looking like he hadn't done any self care in a very long time; along with well worn clothing "I am Captain Nemo of this Vessel" he stated somberly.

"This is Captain Jamie O'Connell, Commanding officer of the USS Peel. What can I do for you" he replied just before the Ship suddenly jolted. "Sir another Vessel came out from behind that Moon to our aft; they have hit us with what looks like a tow cable of some sort" Maria informed Command as Science started scanning the composition of the cable.

Jamie looked back towards the Screen feeling the hairs standing up on the back of his neck "What is the meaning of this" he inquired getting more pissed by the minute but trying not to show it.

Nemo laughed "My dear Captain isn't it obvious; I intended to take over your Ship. Our Ships are old so we need a replacement" he informed Jamie.

"And what of my Crew" O'Connell inquired while thinking what his next move was going to be.

Nemo laughed even harder "Not to worry Captain, you and your people will be sold as slaves to the highest bidder. So you see it's a win win for us" as he sounded quite cocky by this time.

O'Connell was seething with anger at the moment but forced himself to keep his wits about him as he merely stated matter of factly "Not our Ship" then gave Comms the signal to cut the transmission.

Jamie looked at his Bridge Crew still being by Helm as he addressed them "Ok people I need solutions and I need them now" he ordered as he could see their wheels turning.

Tactical spoke up first "Sir I can sever the cable but it would be aways from the Ship; I can't get the phasers any closer than that" SanChez offered.

Helm turned looking at Jamie "Sir if we go to warp the cable will whip around thereby damaging the hull and quite possibly the entire Ship" came the harsh reality.

O'Connell thought for a moment "OK we know what we can't do.....but I need to know what we can do at this point" he stated, his mind going a mile a minute.

Angel spoke up next "Captain what if we send out a Shuttle to sever the cable with phasers; that way Tactical can provide any cover fire needed."

"That just might work Number One" Jamie replied them turning to Sarissa "Thoughts Counsellor."

Sarissa gave Jamie an apologetic look. “I’m sorry Captain but Nemo means every word of what he just said. He means to have this ship, and it’s crew.”

"That is not going to happen" then he paused "Anyone else have any ideas; if so nows the time" Jamie commented having already made up his mind on how to proceed. Looking around there weren't any other offerings "Helm, other than yourself, who's your next best Pilot" the Captain inquired. Without a moment of thought "Ensign Barot; she's a very skilled pilot" Helm answered already figuring out what the Captain was going to do.

"Ms. SanChez how long before that Vessel has us in its Docking Bay" Jamie asked. Looking at her Screen "About fifteen minutes Sir." Tapping his Comm "Ensign Barot this is the Captain, I have a job for you" he stated.

"Yes Captain, what do you need" Samantha, who usually goes by Sam, replied wondering what he wanted of a lowly Ensign.

"We have a tow cable attached to the aft of our Ship pulling us towards that large Vessel behind us. I need you to take your best Shuttle, fly out and sever that cable by whatever means necessary; but try not to damage our Ship. You only have about fifteen minutes so make them count" Jamie concluded.

"No problem Captain; understood. I'll be space born in three minutes" Sam replied.

"Excellent Ensign. Keep your comms open....I want to know what's going on. As soon as that cable has been severed get back aboard Ship quickly. Once I know you're safe we're getting out of here" Jamie ordered.

"As you Wish Sir, Barot out." The Captain returned to the center seat "Helm as soon as we're able warp us out of here as fast as you safely can" he ordered. "Aye Sir" Helm replied knowing Sam wouldn't let any of them down.

Tbc

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Senior Officers
USS Peel
NCC-71015